Primary Outcomes (end points)
To measure whether the treatment have an effect on perceptions of discrimination, respondents are asked:
• How widespread do you think discrimination is in Norway?
The respondents are asked to choose between 4-categories: Very widespread, somewhat widespread, not very widespread, not widespread at all. We standardize the variable to have mean 0 and standard deviation 1.
Our second main outcome is an index of belonging. Respondents are asked three questions on their sense of belonging:
• To what degree would you like to have more social contact with native Norwegians?
• If you think about your social life, work situation, and access to public services, to what degree do you feel excluded in Norway?
• How connected do you feel with Norway?
For the first two statements, the respondents are asked to choose between 5-categories, ranging from 1-5: To a very large degree, To a large degree, Somewhat, To a small degree, Not at all. For the third statement the categories also range from 1-5 and are: I do not feel a connection at all, I feel a weak connection, I feel a moderately close connection, I feel a very close connection, I feel an extremely close connection. We reverse code the answers to the first statement and then create an additive index, which we standardize to have mean 0 and standard deviation 1.
We measure behavior by asking whether respondents would like to donate to The Norwegian Center against Racism. The survey question reads:
After the survey, the research project organizing this survey will donate NOK 10,000 to a charitable cause. All respondents, including you, can vote for which organization will receive the donation. The charity that gets the most votes will receive a donation of NOK 10,000. Which organization do you give your vote to?
Alternative 1 Norwegian Centre Against Racism (Antirasistisk senter)
Alternative 2 Norwegian Refugee Council (Flyktninghjelpen)
Alternative 3 Norwegian Cancer Society (Kreftforeningen)
Alternative 4 Norwegian Rescue Dogs (Norske redningshunder)
We code the variable: Donation to the Norwegian Center against Racism to equal one if they vote for alternative 1 and zero otherwise.
We measure preferences for segregated living by answering 2 on the question:
Suppose you were choosing where to live. Which of the three types of areas would you ideally wish to live in?
o An area where almost everyone were born in Norway 1
o An area where almost everyone were born outside of Norway 2
o An area where about half were born in Norway and half were born outside Norway 3
o It would make no difference where people were born 4
We measure trust in Norwegians based on the following survey question:
On a score of 0-10 how much you personally trust each of these types of individuals. 0 means you do not trust an individual at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
… People born in Norway?